CLENDENIN, W.Va. — Nearly all of Clendenin Elementary School in Kanawha County was destroyed in the June 23 flood.

Confirmation of that came out of a county assessment, being submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday, which showed damage to 96.9 percent of the building — based on total value — along the Elk River, according to Dave Hardy, a...

Kanawha County’s school board is considering three policies, including a “social media policy” in which the district claims wide latitude to monitor communications. Other policies would almost completely ban animals from school property, and lay out punishments for employees who don’t complete trainings.

The Public Employees Insurance Agency is seeing a $21 million jump in medical claims, which officials hope is a “run on benefits” by insurees who were uncertain about whether the West Virginia Legislature would fully fund the health insurance program.